Archives for Black Liberation

Norman Otis Richmond. By Norman Richmond | The Afro American Progressive Association (AAPA) was one of the first Black Power organizations in Canada. It was organized by Jose Garcia, Norman (Otis) Richmond and D. T. in Toronto in 1968. Their first public event was a commemoration of the assassination of…

Gary Wassaykeesic. Photo by Michael Toledano | Reposted from the blog of Michael Toledano with permission. March 30, 2016. Every day Gary Wassaykeesic climbs onto this statue at Toronto Police headquarters, unfurls the Two Row Wampum, Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and Unity flags, and announces aloud “this is Iroquois land.” For the past…

By Tom Keefer d' anitafrika talks with Real People's Media about Bleeders, her new Afro-futurist dub-opera which is currently playing in the Toronto Summer Works festival. d'bi talks about her creative process, the play's relationship to Indigenous teachings, and why she thinks that this play is the most impactful of…

Playwright and poet d'bi young anitafrika speaks to Real Peoples Media about her upcoming play "Esu Crossing the Middle Passage." The show is playing in Toronto from April 4th to April 17th 2016 in Toronto. The interview covers a range of topics from the reaction of the talk back sessions,…

d'bi young anitafrika is a renowned Jamaican-Canadian poet, musician and playwright. On March 6th, 2016 on her way back to Toronto from a working visit to Trinidad and Tobago she was racially profiled and targeted because of her Jamaican nationality and refused boarding onto her flight to Canada – despite…

Wasun is one of Toronto's most most politically active Hip Hop MCs. In December of 2015 he released a new album entitled "Comrade Music" which features extensive collaborations with Indigenous rappers including James Blood, Sciance, Pete Nyce, and Fresh. Wasun sat down with Real Peoples Media to talk about his…

Black liberationist Malcolm X. This is one of Malcolm X's most famous speeches, and one of much relevance to all of those interested in understanding the roots of colonialism and anti-Black racism on Turtle Island today. November 10, 1963 Malcolm X delivers speech Message to the Grass Roots Northern Grass…

Datejie Green. TORONTO – Datejie Green speaks about her involvement in the major international conference "Organizing Equality" and its possibilities for bringing a wide range of social justice activists together in dialogue and action. The conference will take place between the 24th and 26th of March 2017 in London, Ontario and…

'We Can Do It' is a call to action! It is a call to revolution! Created by Amai Kuda to promote the Decolonize NOW! movement and the Divest to Decolonize campaign, the song featuring guest artists Y, Kinnie Starr and M1 of Dead Prez. With this song, Decolonize NOW! By…

The inside of a slave ship. by Russell Maroon Shoatz Long before the founding of the country, Africans were transported to what later became known as the United States of America. Some came as free individuals and companions of the Europeans from Spain and elsewhere. They were ship guides, sailors,…